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 >> bob: adam dunn feeling with his teammates in there. there's another runner aboard. adam is going to be our newest masn guy. masnsports.com teaming up with adam dunn. he'll blog, do video blogging and appear in some wired segments on moons and masnsports.com. adam when asked about it said he's looking forward to giving our fans a taste what have it's like to be a beleaguer on a daily basis. he said tweetering and all that stuff is fairly new to him, but he's looking forward to the opportunity and we're glad to have him.

>> rob: i see him walk around with his ierks phone. he can twitter. i'm out in right field tonight -- right field tonight. maybe not. you can do it before and after the game. >> bob: select the -- selected in the ninth ownd round in 2002. he did not sign and went to university and then signed with the marlins in the seventh round in 2005. he improved his draft status by two rounds by going to college. for the fish, leroux is only appearing in his third game. three innings, six hits, four runs. the marlins not sure what they have in this 25-year-old right- hander yet. 2-0. you'd like to seat nats pile on the offense here, get one of

those no doubter type wins so they can relax and play good baseball here in south florida where they have struggled so. so far, so good. 5-1. dukes fouls one over the dugout. two balls, one strike. alberto gonzalez is next here in the fifth. dukes on a pitch away can't reach it. count is even. >> rob: come on, you've got to take that to right center. head down, smoke that bull. >> bob: yeah, he sing told left center tonight and then bounced at top spin, sharply hit ball up the middle. nats all over the bases tonight. came in hitting .258. it's interesting, nationals are three spots ahead of the

marlins in team batting as far as batting average. the marlins are five spots ahead of the nats in runs scored. 2-2. way outside. >> rob: he's got a good, sinking fastball about 90. he has a nieps nice four-seam that moves a lot at 95. they have a kid with a live arm. >> bob: 3-2. sliced it. very little room here for foul balls. they had to improvise this place because of of the football configuration. if the marlins play in the playoffs or a series like they have a couple of times, they can get over 75,000 in here.

it is vast. 3-2, runner goes. dukes pulls it foul. >> rob: the only other stadium, and i've played in it, was mile- high stadium in denver, colorado. i got called up to triple-a back in the mid-80s. we had a crowd of about 75,000 fans for a 4thof july game, and it was one of the worst brawls i've ever been in. cal daniels -- it was unbelievable, bob. i tell you. i just came up from double-a and this fight breaks out. cal daniels broke his ankle. it was unbelievable. >> bob: dukes breaks his bat. that's not going anywhere. uggla, two outs. they had a similar thing in left field. they telescoped the seats in or out for football or baseball. how about the 4thof july at nationals park? braves are in for the weekend. pregame music, post-game fireworks friday night. by the way, make a note of it.

friday night, the game starts at 6:35. saturday, july 4, first 20,000 fans receive mini usa flags. that's an early game at 1:00. sunday, 1:35, it's family fun day. pregame autographs. everybody gets -- well, the kids. they'd let the parents run the bases, but we don't have enough benguy and ice for all the hamstrings and ankles. it will be a great weekend. should be great crowds. braves are in. nats always play braves very well. come and join us for some great baseball over the weekend. >> bob: i can't remember where, but it seems like the last couple of years i've seen agrandparents run the bases

day. >> rob: do the nationals have a bring your pet to the park day? >> bob: i don't know that they've done that. i could bring some of the pet caterpillars i keep finding in my place of residence. they're all over dc this time of year. there's a high chopper to third. bonifacio. that will do it. big inning for the nats. zimmerman, a one-out double. adam dunn, look at that baby fly. way out of here. nats, five. marlins, one. 

 >> bob: time to bring you speed with the at&t rapid rewind. nats got it going early tonight against the big lefty sean west. done dunn a double down the left-field line scored zimmerman. craig stammen has been great. just an unearned run. nats have flashed some defense

keeping this ballgame close. adam dunn launches one! see you later! at anld t, the nation's fastest 3g network, at&t, your world delivered. as i mentioned earlier, the big boys have delivered tonight. zimmerman and dunn are 4-6. adam has three rbi's. ryan has scored two runs, and a total opposite of what happened to them last night. so, bottom of the fifth coming up. 5-1, washington. craig stammen averaging right around 13-14 pitches per inning. this is another one of those what we call shutdown innings when your ball club has justscored, you want to put a zero on the board. six, seven and eight for the marlins. first pitch swinging both times up tonight. alberto gonzalez made that play

look easier than it was. next up, cody ross. >> rob: you also know when they were doing this last night --[ indiscernible ] they don't want to get behind because they know he has a good curve ball and a great changeup working tonight. getting a lot of ground ball outs. good sinker. they're going to take a chance that you'll throw fastball first pitch for a strike. that's what uggla did right there. >> bob: cody ross, robbed by guzman first time up. cody ross looks like one of the guys if you play him on a regular basis and give him the at-bats, he will really become better. he's got some power. he's hit 13 home runs. he rips that ball. he doesn't get cheated up there. the count is 1-1.

had times in his career he just hasn't been given the full-time opportunities. 145 games though with -- he reward the marlins with 73 batted in. a year before, that 114 games and drove in 54 he's from new mexico. lives out in crarls bad. -- carlsbad. originally drafted by detroit. traded to seattle. traded to the dodgers. trade to cincinnati. then, finally to the marlins for left-hander ben kozalsky back in may 2006. he was in the minor leagues for seven years. off-speed -- off-speed pitch got him. that thing was hanging up there and fortunately craig stammen was able to hang it high

enough. >> rob: northrop grumman here on the pitch track. as bob said, sure ross thought it's got to come down and same thing happened to nick johnson against sean west, it didn't and they went down swinging. >> bob: john baker the catcher next. >> rob: sometimes backup breax breaking balls are better than the ones that break down and away. they're unexpected. >> bob: john baker bounced out to zimmerman first time up. pitcher's spot due next. they'll hit for leroux. if it gets down there. stammen deflects. there's gonzalez. 1-4-3 and the fifth inning is over. craig stammen continues to pitch very well in south florida tonight. i started sam adams

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star of the night along with adam dunn, craig stammen. look at that swing. >> rob: he really helps himself. it was a 1-0 heat fastball down broadway. he crushed it. first two major league rbi's. >> bob: marquis grissom says nice to see you. he's now 3-9 this year, by the way. stets sets up like a regulation hitter. takes one low and away. we don't see craig swinging wildly or losing his composure up there. did he walk his first time up tonight. sean west finished the night in 4 1/3 innings. 83 pitches, 53 strikes. >> rob: choked up a little bit on it. >> bob: that's refreshing. i didn't know anybody did that anymore. a nasty pitch with a slider. >> rob: he held up on that. >> bob: that's a pitch you throw to a hitter you respect. >> rob: yep.

sorry, rob. >> rob: i didn't -- [ indiscernible ] >> bob: 2-2, one out here in the sixth. mets under way at milwaukee. they have two early runs. guzman next. he's 0-3. look at that take on a fastball. close. it's 3-2 gefnlt i don't know. do you want stammen running the bases at this stage of the game? >> rob: no, i don't. it's so humid here today. >> bob: you'd rather see him make an out and get back in. >> rob: i almost passed out going out for a coffee. it's ridiculous. >> bob: this guy takes some hacks. you could have paid $22 for room service pot of coffee. [ laughter ]

>> bob: take your time, craig. let him throw you out. hanley ramirez almost threw it away. cantu went down to get it. two outs. take your time getting back to the dugout. usually a leadoff hitter who is next will hang around the on- deck circle a little while longer. guzman walked right to the batter's box. he did do a little bit of housekeeping. he's going to mess with the batting gloves a little. that's good. you just want to give that pitcher a couple extra seconds. guzman is 0-12 last in this series. cristian, 0-7. he struck out three times -- pardon me. willie harris struck out three times in the one hoat hole last night. guzman, once in the number two hole. tonight is a different story though. nats getting production from different spots in the batting

order.   guzman will surprise you. just when you think he's got no clue up there, he'll line one hard to a gap. sometimes he hits the line drive so well he gets backspin on them and they carry out of the park. nick johnson on next. top two hitters, 0-6 tonight. >> rob: that's a nice, running fastball. 93 on the two-seamer. >> bob: sixth inning in atlanta now. braves, three. phillies, two. they're having a good battle. it's 3-2 here. -- 3-2 here. >> bob: guzman, can't reach that pitch away. he is struggling. we go to the bottom of the

sixth. that will be it for leroux. they'll pinch-hit for him in the top of the order. ♪ ♪ (tucci) more bars in more places. at&t. the best coverage worldwide. get the blackberry bold for $199.99 after mail-in-rebate. only from at&t.

 >> debbi: welcome back to where craig stammen and the nats have a 5-1 lead over the marlins. now, nats newest acquisition nyjer morgan is somebody that is speedy, he's alet athletic and manny acta -- he's athletic and manny acta can't wait to write his name in the lineup. >> he's going to improve our defense back there and give us speed we don't have.

heck, we have about 23 stolen bases as a team. this guy has 18 alone. so, it's going to help, and we got some of the reports about him being a high character guy with a very good personality, so we're looking forward to having both those guys over here. >> debbi: i bet he's a hard- work guy. he used to play ice hockey in canada. he reached the major junior level with the western hockey league back in 1999 and 2000. after that season, he focused solely on baseball. bob? >> bob: yeah a-bit of a late bloomer at the age of 28 now. there's a good swing by alejandro de aza pinch-hits for the pitcher. the runner goes back. dukes and dunn got a little crossed up there. adam may have crossed in front of elijah and took his eyes off the ball for a moment, but a leadoff single here in the sixth. stammen had retired 12 in the previous 14 hitters.

chris coghlan is next. nationals by four bottom of the sixth. coghlan 0-2, ground ball to second, fly ball to center. one way to keep a team from rung is to have them trailing   that's trouble.  dunn over to get it. runners at first and second. nobody out. bonifacio coming up. renyel pinto will be next for the marlins when the nats come

up in the seventh.   >bob: interesting sit here. >> rob: the bullpen is not getting up. manny acta is just saying to craig stammen, you're on your own. let's see what you can do. nas are basicall a man short tonight without hanrahan until sean burnett gets here tomorrow. if your pitchers pitch deep into games, that really doesn't matter that much. bonifacio, he's capable of bunting. if he bunts, does that take the bat out of the hands of hanley ramirez? i don't know if the nats would walk ramirez up by four. he showed bunt. pulled it back on what appeared to be a good pitch to bunt. hanley ramirez is 0-2 tonight.

bonifacio with a base hit and a fly ball to left. >> rob: longest outing was against the yankees 6 1/3 innings. >> bob: and a pitch up hit well suzukis back. i think coghlan would have had a chancetotag had he gone back to first base quicker. hy do move one runner up.sti% bonifacio trying to move the runners along in a you're down hits a fly ball deep center he little guy like that is not going to hit a ball out of center field here in florida, so it only moved up one runner is still in order. >> bob: yeah, nats happy to >> rob: absolutely.base there.

  >> bob: hanley ramirez has hit into only two double plays this year, ad both runnersmoved up, first base open, you might give it a fleeting thought about -- >> rob: yeah, cantu can tie it with one swing of the bat. i'm sure steve mccatty is saying this guy can hurt you, but pitch him carefully, get him out. you're up here to get people out. if you only get one and you give up a run on a fly ball to hanley ramirez, then you concentrate on cantu. you don't want to force the issue, bases loaded to where you have to throw strikes because you have nowhere to put cantu. >> bob: yeah, marlins aretough enough to beat without giving them a runner. he leads the national league with runners in scoring position at .441. the next closest is yunel

escobar of atlanta. he's the best in the league and the best in baseball. kevin youkilis leads the league at .367. >> rob: yeah, but he dominated a-rod and all those dudes up in new york. he can get this guy out. >> bob: that was a great first- pitch breaking ball. >> rob: it was. you've got to reach back the third time through the lineup and first of all show your manager what you got because you want to stay in the rotation, but second of all, you want to get this guy out. so he means business. you're here to stay about 15 years. >> bob: that ball right through wil nieves. i tell you. this place is cursed. 5-2 now. it will be a wild pitch. wil brought the glove up and it

went right under. >> rob: he does such great job of blocking balls. he's entield titled for one to skip through there. >> rob: that was a great fastball throw and a-- low and away. >> bob: first earned run stammen has given up tonight. >> rob: said that tonight. this team isn't going to the playoffs. you need to teach them how to pitch at this level. this is a perfect situation. >> bob: that ball hit well to right. out of the ballpark, and now it's 5-4. if a right-hander hits an

opposite field home run here, he has really done something. that ball was killed about 400 the other way. >> rob: these lefties are very valuable for future reference. great breaking ball. throw fastball, breaking ball skips through there. then a low fastball. doesn't get the call. comes back with another fastball that sinks over the plate and into the sweet swinging spot of hanley ramirez. >> bob: manny is going to get him out there have after 5 1/3. cannot be the loser. he could still win the ballgame. so could the nats. it's 5-4, suddenly into the bullpen. my name is blake, and i am the chief shoe giver at toms shoes. i operate my entire business from my phone.